This Jacky story wasn't as exciting as some of the others. Jacky and Jaimy were very close to getting married and then it didn't happen, of course. That was frustrating. We get to see much more of Jaimy in this book than in any of the others except the first book. He is still a somewhat flat a...
At eleven books in, it's hard to say anything about this series without spoiling earlier books. Suffice to say, my girlfriend and I are eagerly awaiting the release of the final book in November. We're not waiting for the audiobook version and, instead, have decided to take turns reading it out l...
As I was reading this book, I was stalling because I was dreading the end of not only the book and the series, but also an era of my life. These books have really inspired me and have really been a big part of my life. It has been a joy to share in Jacky's adventures and wild experiences. I want ...
I am rating the unabridged audiobook recording of this novel and I find it almost impossible to try to separate the text from the "performance" in trying to craft my review so I simply won't! This audi0book has won all sorts of awards and for good reason. Narrator Katherine Kellgren is a pheno...
The British crown has placed a price on Jacky's head, and so she returns to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston to lay low. But laying low isn't in the cards for a spunky lass who finds trouble even when she's not looking for it.A school outing goes awry as Jacky and her classmate...
After a long hiatus, I finally got my hands on the next book of the Bloody Jack series! If you forgot what it's about, you can read my reviews of book one and book two here.Before I even talk about the book, can I just say that's it's getting tough to figure out the order of the books? "The adven...
The intrepid Jacky Faber, having once again eluded British authorities, heads west, hoping that no one will recognize her in the wilds of America. There she tricks the tall-tale hero Mike Fink out of his flatboat, equips it as a floating casino-showboat, and heads south to New Orleans, battling m...
We are dressing for the night's performance, and the girls again press me for stories about America. I'm a bit tired, because I had been out a good deal of last night, but being the natural show-off that I am, I draw in a breath and give it to them. "Oh, my friends, what a...